Nonsense. We have so many pointless "crimes" today that almost anyone would
be put in jail if we had universal surveillance. My life would be hell if
the laws were actually enforced; it's bad enough having to crawl along the
drive home from work because the cops seem to set up speed-traps there
every week or so. Even if only speed-limit laws were universally enforced,
we'd see a massive drop in Western economies.

Oh bullshit. I know cops who have no desire to enforce drug laws, and if
they search someone and find a bit of dope they just confiscate it and let
the user walk. Were they carrying cameras all the time they would have no
choice but to take the guy back to the station because otherwise their boss
would have taped evidence that the cop wasn't enforcing the law. Do you
have any idea what the world would be like if all those laws were enforced?

Yes. Absolutely. Britain is becoming a fascist police state and I for one
will be leaving here within a couple of years unless the year-2000 crash
takes the whole thing down. Just today I see that the head of the chief
police officer's organisation is pushing for ISPs to store all email just
in case the cops want to read it to look for evidence of a crime. That is
an obscene police state tactic. That's your wonderful surveillance society,
and as we keep pointing out, IT'S ENTIRELY ONE-SIDED. Don't you get it yet?
You think that I'll be able to read Tony Blair's email as easily as he can
read mine? You think Tony will have to hand over his encryption keys the
way that the government want me to? What planet are you on?